Railroad-signal.



W. G. ANDERSON & I. F. GOSLETT.

RAILROAD SIGNAL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2, 1914.

1,1 12,966. Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

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RAILROAD SIGNAL.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 2,1914.

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To all'whom it mag/concern j a WinnER GqANDnn- SON and FRED F.COSLE'FI," citizens of the United States, residing at-Dennison, 1n thecounty of Clark and State of Illinois, have invented certain newanduseful Improvements in Railroad-Signals; of which the following is aspecification.

. Our invention relates to improvements in railroad signals, the obectof theinvention being to provide an improved arrangement of signalsin connection with improved means. for. operating andhousing them,whereby the signals are readily operative and can be used withequalefficiency either night or day for signaling in one or bothdirections. 1 a

A further object is to; provide .an improved construction of housingwith im-: proved signals movable into; and out of the housing, andprovide a lamp having pivoted blinds, the blinds beingliftedibylthesignals,

sothat atnight the signals are illuminated whenever moved to signalingposition. p

With these and other objects in view,the invention :conslsts in.;CQIt1f1I1' novelqfeatures of construction and combinations and ar-'rangements of parts as will be more fully;

hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims. 3

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in elevation partlybroken away illustrating our improvements. Fig.2 is a view in verticalsectionon theline 22 of Fig. .4, showing the signal n housed position.Fig. 3 is a 811111131 view showing the signal in signaling position.Fig. 4; is a view in front elevation of the signaling? mechanism. Fig.y5is a view in transverse section on the line5- 5 of Fig. 4:. Figs. 6 and7 are views in elevation illustrating two of the signals. Fig. 8 is aview partly in section and partly in elevation illustrating one of thesignal operating levers- Fig. 9

is a view in elevation ,at right angles to Fig. 8, illustratingtheseries of signaling levers, and Fig. 10 is a view partly inelevation: and partly broken, away illustrating amodification. a

1 represents a signal post, and 2 a tower. On. the post 1, we supportour improved signal housing 3 by means of brackets 4 securedto the lowerendsof the housing,

and to the post.

The housing 3 is ofygeneral .U- shape in Specification of LettersPatent. Patnted Oct, 6,1914. Application filed June 2, 914. Seria1No. j842,3 97.

cross section, that is to say, its rear wall is bent inwardly in generalrectangular form as indicated at 5 to form arecess for :theIICCOIIll'llOCliItlOIl oi the post 1, and this inwardly bent portion 5divides the housing a into two signaling compartments 6, 6, i atopposite sides of the post and the full width of the housing,so as toprovide ample space at the sides of the post for the accommodat on ofthe signals 7 and 8, two signals being provided at each side.

The front 9 of the housing 3, is provided with slots 10, through whichthe signals 7 and 8 are movable, and the outer edges of said signalshave flanges 11 whichcover the slots when the signals are in closedPOSllilOIli and exclude the weather. y

The signals are all pivotallysupported upon a pin 12through the upperforward corner of the housing, and each signal is 5 provided on itsouter flanged edge with an eye 13 connected by a link 14: with one endof a bell-crank-lever 15.

. The bell-crank-levers 15 are supported on brackets 16 secured to thetop of the housing 3, and each bell-crank-lever is connected by a rod 17with an operating lever 18. The

rods 17- are provided between their ends with turn buckles 19 to permit.adj ustment as dee sired. y a a 1 The levers 18 are provided withdetents 20 to engage in notched segments 21 so as to hold; the lever atits different positions. As

it is ordinarily necessary to have but two.

positions of the lever, we have shown each segment as hELVlIlgYtWOnotches.

Abracket 22 is secured to the forward faceof the housing 3 about midwaybetween its ends and between the pairs of signals 7 andS. Thisbracket 22supports a lamp 23? which is provided, with lenses 24 at both sides.These lenses 24 are normally covered:

by blinds 25, both blinds being pivotally connected at their upper innercorners by a pin 26, secured to a fixed part of the housing.

.Eachl blind, at its lower outer corner, is providedwith a laterallyprojecting finger 27 in position to be engaged by the outer edges of thesignals 7 and 8, so that when i the signals are moved to signalingposition, they. will lift the blinds and permit the light from the lampto. illuminate the transparent portions 28 of the signals. The lamp, of

course, is utilized only at night and the sig: rials are of differentcolors with transparent which, as the signals begin-to move down--wardly, exert a pull on the fingers 27 and start said blinds in adownward direction,

the blinds completing their downward movement by gravity.

As the fingers 27 and 29 are yielding or elastic, there is no danger ofan interlock of the parts at any time, but the fingers 29 are so locatedthat they will be positioned above the fingers 27 when the parts are insignaling position as shown clearly in Fig. 3. However, under ordinaryconditions, the parts will swing freely by gravity and the fingers areprovided to prevent any possibility of the blinds remaining in an upwardposition.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 10, the housing 3 is secured bybrackets 30 directly to the tower 31, dispensing with any posts forsupporting the housing, and in this modification the operating levers32, corresponding to levers 18, are supported upon segments 34 on thewall of the tower, rather than upon a platform, as indicated in thepreferred form.

The operation is as follows: When a train is approaching the signalstation, the operator swings the proper lever 18 to move either signal 7or 8 into a horizontal position, drawing the'said signal out of thehousing, and as the latter moves upwardly, it raises the blind 25. Ifthe lamp is lighted, it will illuminate the signal, and a lighted lampis always in place at. night. When the signal is moved downwardly, it ismoved into the housing and the flanged outer edges of the signal willkeep out the weather. The levers '18 operate not only to lift thesignals, but to force them into the housings and to lock them in thehousings, so that the housing becomes weather tight.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form andarrangement'of parts described without departing from our invention, andhence we do not limit ourselves to the precise details set forth, butconsider ourselves at liberty o make such changes and alterations asfairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: 1. A railroad signal comprising a housinghaving slots therein, of signals pivotallyv supported in the housing andmovable through the slots, said signals having flanged outer edgesadapted to close the slots, means for drawing the signals out of thehousing, and said means adapted to force the signals into the housingand hold the flanged edges against the outerface of the housing,substantially asdescribed.

2. A railroad signal comprising a housing having slots therein, ofsignals pivotally .supported .in the housing and movable through theslots, said signals having flanged outer edges adapted to close theslots, bell-crank-levers supported on the housing, links connecting thebell-crank-. levers with. the signals, operating levers, and rodsconnecting the bell-crank-levers with the operating levers, saidoperating levers having means for locking thesame in position to holdthe signals in the casing and out of the casing in signaling position,substantially as described.

3. A railroad signal, comprising a housing having slots in its wall,signals pivotally supported in the housing and movable through theslots, a lamp support secured to the housing between the slots, pivotedblinds at opposite sides of the lamp support, and means compelling themovement of the blinds when the signals are moved to signaling position,substantially as described.

4:. A railroad signal, comprising a housing having slots in its wall,signals pivotally supported in the housing and movable through theslots, a lamp support secured to the housing between the slots, pivotedblinds at opposite sides of the lamp support, and fingers projectinglaterally from the blinds in position to be engaged by the signals whenthelatter are drawn to signaling position,

whereby the blinds "are elevated when the signals are thus moved,substantially as described.

5. A rallroad slgnal, comprlslng a housing having slots in its wall,signals pivotallysupported in the housing and movable through the slots,a lamp support secured to the housing between the slots, pivoted blindsat opposite sides of the lamp support, laterally projecting fingers onthe blinds adapted to be engaged by the edges of the. signals to 1 liftthe blinds when the signals are moved to i signaling position, andfingers on the signals adapted to engage the first-mentioned fingers andforce the blinds downwardly when the signals are lowered, substantiallyas described.

' 6. A railroad signal, comprising a housing, a lamp supported on thehousing, signals in the housing pivotally supported and movable throughthe housing at opposite sides of the lamp, said lamp having lenses inopposite sides, pivotally supported blinds at opposite sides of thelamps, said signals having transparent portions therein corresponding incolor to the color of the signals, and means compelling the blinds tomove when the signals are moved to illuminate the signals when thelatter are moved to signaling position, substantially as described.

7 A railroad signal comprising a, post, a a In testimony whereof we havesigned our housing having 1 its rear Wall bent inwardly names to thisspecification in the presence of 101 constituting a recessreceivingthepost, detwo subscribing witnesses.

vices securing the housing to the 0st, pivs WILBER G. ANDERSON; 5 otedsignals in the housing at bot sides of FRED F. COSLETT.

the post, and means for moving any of said Witnesses:

signals into signalingposition, substantially R. M. Comes, as described.RUBY V; OLKERS.

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